ORNITHOLOGY 



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IN THE WATER BY THE ICE SHEET. 



cackles his call of defiance — a loud, 

 weird, shrill, prolonged, metallic series 

 of notes : "Kankle, kankle, kankle, kan- 

 kle, ki-ipe, ki-ipe, kipe." This done he 

 folds his wings slowly and settles down 

 to the task of ripping and tearing his 

 fish. Meanwhile those in the circle 

 creep up closer and closer. As the}' 

 approach quite near, he repeats his 



fight call, and the circle then widens 

 again. Occasionally one is more brave 

 than the others, especially if he is as 

 large and as powerful as the one feast- 

 ing. As he comes closer he challenges 

 the other and the result is a fight quite 

 similar to a cockfight. They screech, 

 and peck furiously at each other, and 

 slap and beat with their long powerful 



•LET'S TALK IT 0\'ER." 



